People were killed and 16 people were injured. We are not clear how he got that information, we are not clear whether it is true, it certainly hasnt been verified yet. One of the things he said was that two russian generals had been badly injured in the attack. One is part of the operation in zaporizhzhia, which lies to the north east of crimea, and the other person is linked to russias north sea fleet. Both those people apparently, according to Ukrainian Military intelligence, badly injured. Mr budanov did not comment on reports that the admiral of russias Black Sea Fleet was killed, so that certainly, even from the ukrainian side, hasnt stood up in any way. Ukraine Special Forces have also commented on this. They have said basically the attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces, but again they gave no evidence for that claim and it hasnt been independently verified. Russia on the other hand has stayed remarkably quiet. In fact, they have go
That would be a significant blow to the russian commanding Control Structures because it is very dependent on its officers. But i havent seen any official or nonofficial confirmation from public sources that i have been reading. Again, if these claims are true, that would be significant for the ukrainians because obviously the russian Officers Navy headquarters were relocated underground, so they had to bring them to the headquarters higherfloors in order to kill those officers. We are expecting russias Foreign Minister to speak in the next hour or so in new york where he has been at the United Nations general assembly. Do you think he will comment on this strike . What do you expect the russian reaction might be . Perhaps we can expect three narratives. First of all, russia has so called red lines that the west shouldnt cross but we havent seen any evidence that russia significantly retaliates, for example, attacks on crimea. Secondly, it would be about appealing to the global souther